almost ready for fcs supercharged amazon vts. - Saxperience

adzvtr · 18th March 2010, 00:22

As some of you may have read, i already have a thread on here, but thought that has had its day, now time to start a new one
as it will be a completely new engine build with high output(HOPEFULLY)
ANY HOOS, enough of the boring stuff, here is a recolection of her current spec.

ENGINE

catcam 708s
raceland 4-2-1 manifold(wrapped)
magnex decat exhaust
predator standalone ecu
innovate lc1 wideband controller
nos kit with 25shot jets

CHASSIS

powerflex rear engine mount
powerflex rear beam bushes
powerflex front arb bushes
powerflex front wishbone bushes
spoox solid rear wishbone mount
spax psx 40mm kit
omp lower and upper strutt braces
15"vts alloys
yokahoma parada spec 2 tires
greenstuff pads
ebc grooved and drilled discs

INTERIOR

fully stripped (except dash)
subaru impressa sti seats retrimmed in black alcantara and leather, with vts stitching
sparco harnesses
compbrake quickshift
citreon sport pedals
sparco wheel with snap off boss
11ib nos bottle
afr and volt guage molded into passenger airbag.

EXTERIOR

mk1 spoiler (not original fitment)
carbonfibre bonnet
alloy filler cap
single wiper
leguna splitter

here a few pics of her before engine out

now i was happy with her, but she has had endless engine troubles since the nos explosion, even now after a full rebuild before christmas.
so the plan is, engine out, and lots of money spent over the next months for a big turbo conversion, plenty of updates and pics will follow, as i am planning to do most of this via here the haynes manual, and some profesionals lol.

jeffchiz · 18th March 2010, 01:27

engine bay looks soo clean, need to take some leafs from your book! lol im loving the seats, ive thought about fitting the new civic type r seats but i can see them being hard to get in, my dad has a type r and they look pretty dam wide! lol

raunchz · 18th March 2010, 03:48

Will be awesome seeing this engine coming together!!! Will keep me looking forward to building mine up!

Plans sound great and I'm sure will give some great results, and make it mental!

raunchz · 18th March 2010, 11:11

Also, you extend the lambda wiring to get the LC-1 box next to the Ecu? It looks mint there, I've got mine zip-tied to my strut brace for now as couldn't think of anywhere to put it - wouldn't mind getting it somewhere a tad bit safer in the future

adzvtr · 18th March 2010, 14:51

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Originally Posted by raunchz

Also, you extend the lambda wiring to get the LC-1 box next to the Ecu? It looks mint there, I've got mine zip-tied to my strut brace for now as couldn't think of anywhere to put it - wouldn't mind getting it somewhere a tad bit safer in the future

ye i thought about where i wanted it b4 id even bought it, just thought it would look smart next to the predator. and it does i think. all i need to do now is find the extra cables that came with it, (the jack blocker) so i can switch the output for guage to wideband.

raunchz · 18th March 2010, 14:53

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Originally Posted by adzvtr

ye i thought about where i wanted it b4 id even bought it, just thought it would look smart next to the predator. and it does i think. all i need to do now is find the extra cables that came with it, (the jack blocker) so i can switch the output for guage to wideband.

God knows where mine is either

Was it easy to extend the cables? Just wire in an extra length or cable for each lambda wire?

hows the engine coming along?

adzvtr · 18th March 2010, 14:58

ye wasnt to difficult, i had help from lippy on here, soldered extra lengths of cable in place then rewrapped it all back up tidy.
about to do the next bit of progress m8, but bottom end is all built up.

raunchz · 18th March 2010, 14:59

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Originally Posted by adzvtr

ye wasnt to difficult, i had help from lippy on here, soldered extra lengths of cable in place then rewrapped it all back up tidy.
about to do the next bit of progress m8, but bottom end is all built up.

can't wait to see the pics !!!!

adzvtr · 18th March 2010, 15:13

next stage.

right the next stage was to take engine out and find out the problem. i,every high oil pressure, so to find out wat caused it.
well a quick description. piston 1 oil controll ring in bits, piston 2 and 3 a a chunk from in between ring 1 and 2 nicely not attached. and all pistons showed signs of valves touching.

not good but oh well we move on.

so that was it, i decided this time, i would spare no expense, and i would boost the old girl.
next decission, turbo or charger.
originally i had decided turbo, due to the cituining kit being cheepish, but i have moved on from that and now, the build is going to be just as expensive maybe a little more than a s/c conversion, but as my spec would be similar to another certain s/c conversion about to take shape i have decided to stick to turbo, my proposed spec.

PREDATOR ECU
LC1 WIDEBAND
CATCAMS 708s
WOSSNER 79MM FORGED PISTONS
PEC FORGED RODS
ARP ROD BOLTS
STD SIZE MAIN BEARINGS
ACL BIG END BEARINGS
SUMP BAFFLE PLATE
1.7MM TRIPPLE LAYER STEEL GASKET
NEW HEADBOLTS
NEW WATERPUMP
PIPER CAMBELT KIT
DP ENGINEERING MANIFOLD WITH 38MM WASTEGATE FITTING
TURBOSMART WASTEGATE
GT28RS TURBO
DP ENGINEERING DOWNPIPE
660 CC INJECTORS
INTERCOOLER
BOOSTPIPES WITH KNURLED LIPS
SILICONE HOSES AS NEEDED
TURBOSMART BOV
BRAIDED OIL FEED AND RETURN
WATER FEED AND RETURN
15 ROW OIL COOLER
OIL FILTER RELOCATION KIT
2 10" SPAL FANS
82 DEG THERMOSTATE.

i think that is everything, if i have missed anything needed please put it up thanks.

raunchz · 18th March 2010, 15:24

Sounds awesome !!!! Should be a cracking spec !!

32Degree thermo?

adzvtr · 18th March 2010, 15:33

now the car has been parked in its place for the next part of its life.

and within a day of deciding the engine was stripped out and she left like this

engine on cradle ready for the strip

then strippidge comensed

with crank and pistons out the damage was obvious

so the damage done, what to do this time, give up. NO DONT BE SILLY
bottom end needs rebuilding, to handle more, so lets make it bullet prooth.

adzvtr · 18th March 2010, 15:34

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Originally Posted by raunchz

Sounds awesome !!!! Should be a cracking spec !!

32Degree thermo?

sorry lol meant 82 degrees

raunchz · 18th March 2010, 15:39

God those exhaust valve indents in the pistons look horrible!!

I think building this engine up will be a great move and would be wicked when on the road!! As they say, every cloud has a silver lining !

adzvtr · 18th March 2010, 15:49

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Originally Posted by raunchz

God those exhaust valve indents in the pistons look horrible!!

I think building this engine up will be a great move and would be wicked when on the road!! As they say, every cloud has a silver lining !

ye i think it is a good call rebuilding the engine again, i have done a bit of research this time, and spared no expence, only thing at the moment is i didnt recieve the torque settings with my arp rod bolts so trying to find out them as im not sur to use citreon settings???

raunchz · 18th March 2010, 15:58

Hrmmmmmmm - hard one about the rod bolts - I'll get back to you on that one !

adzvtr · 18th March 2010, 16:01

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Originally Posted by raunchz

Hrmmmmmmm - hard one about the rod bolts - I'll get back to you on that one !

cheers, arp site doesnt have it on there, thought it might be in the box somewhere but i didnt recieve the box.

raunchz · 18th March 2010, 16:06

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Originally Posted by adzvtr

cheers, arp site doesnt have it on there, thought it might be in the box somewhere but i didnt recieve the box.

I've not opened my rod bolts so can't say whether there is instructions in there - have sent an email off so fingers crossed they'll get back soon with a torque setting

adzvtr · 18th March 2010, 16:41

and on to the important stuff.
after spending a bit of time deciding my spec and talking to a few people
i decided forged internals was the way to go,
at least pistons on standard rods with arp bolts.

so pistons were sorced,(cheers ross)

and the block and crank sent to machine shop to be checked over and block rebored from 78.5mm to 79mm
crank was checked and polished, and was fine, std size bearings ok to be used. block bored no problems.

so now i can think about rebuilding, only now looking into things, forged rods maybe a good idea, so. a tasty set of pec rods with arp bolts were purchased

and subsequently mated to pistons, the c clips were fun trust me.

after this they were test fitted into block, to make sure bores were correct, with rings attached,

all is ok, and they move freely. so good job there.

crank test fitted with old bearings to check rod clearance, and all was fine, but for peice of mind i decided to notch the block, for a little more clearance, it may not be the tidyest of jobs, but i did it myself with a dremel and diamond cutter. not a machine lol.

the before and after.
and that is pretty much where i am now, as awaiting the acl bearings and sump baffle, plus torque settings, then will all be torqued up and work on the head can commence,

raunchz · 18th March 2010, 16:45

the rods have a lot of clearance on the block?

You think I should notch my black to make sure there's enough clearance?

lol@the c clips!

adzvtr · 18th March 2010, 16:47

They looked close to me, so i decided to notch it, theydidnt touch the block, but under rpms who knows, so decided an hour out of my life could save my engine. going to tidy them up a bit tomorrow.